Who Are We: Dedicated and collaborative teams of educators committed to supporting excellence through coaching and learning.  Our mission is to foster educational excellence and opportunity for all learners through collaboration, and leadership. We believe that obstacles to learning can be overcome, and, once that happens, learning is natural for everyone. 

We value: Quality and excellence, innovation, creativity and vision, inclusiveness, equity and diversity and collaboration with others. Creating a community of care is foundational to the work we do… together!

Social Justice and Equity work is central to our mission, especially in these times. We understand that all forms of oppression are damaging. We engage in this work pro-actively and purposefully, with the intent of positive outcomes, and because we need to.  In doing so, we are building capacity to support and assist schools, and districts responding to their educators' and students' needs with an increased and intentional focus on matters of bias, social justice, and equity.

We hope that you will join us in this work!

This is you:

• You are excited about supporting students who present with a variety of social, emotional, and learning challenges. 

• You understand how important it is to consistently follow established rules to create a safe space where students are able to comfortably learn, grow and succeed. 

• You enjoy creating systems, pride yourself on being well-organized and detail-oriented. 

• You understand that adolescents are not adults; that at times they may act out and that they need to have adults in their lives who accept them as individuals without judgment. 

• You have worked in settings that require confidentiality and know how to protect information and data.

• You enjoy working closely with others in actionable ways which promote productivity and learning.

• You love to learn! You strive to understand emerging trends and best practices which pertain to administrative work, especially those which support the creation of inclusive and equitable environments which respect and embrace diversity.

• You know how to cultivate a warm, supportive, and inclusive environment - you have been known as an approachable and supportive team player.

• You recognize that addressing societal oppression and inequities requires ongoing education and a commitment to allyship; you welcome an opportunity to partner with others as they do the same. 

What You Will Do:  

• Support student growth and achievement, each and every day, while working side by side with other HEC Academy and special education department staff.

• Build positive connections and help to create a learning environment where students experience a sense of belonging for the first time; this in turn, helps them, willingly and comfortably, engage in learning so that they may realize their potential for future success.

• Provide administrative support to staff, giving them more time to devote to students’ educational needs.

• Through your thoughtful and professional contributions, keep HEC Academy functioning efficiently as you continue providing the administrative support necessary to maintain a truly student-centered school. 

• Interact professionally with the school districts who rely on the fact that our school is an ideal place for students who may benefit from an alternative educational setting.  

• You are excited about providing and/or coordinating administrative services  knowing that they are foundational to an organization’s ability to carry out its mission.
• You think creatively and strategically about how administrative support will allow individuals and the organization to succeed, using this perspective to guide your approach to performance management.
• You have reported to multiple managers at the same time, keeping each one satisfied with the support they received.
• You enjoy partnering with employees in actionable ways which keeps the workplace productive and safe!
• You love to learn! You strive to understand emerging trends and best practices which pertain to administrative work, especially those which create an inclusive and equitable environment which respects and embraces  diversity.
• You know how to cultivate a warm, supportive, and inclusive environment - you have been known as an approachable “go-to person”.
• You recognize that addressing societal oppression and inequities requires ongoing education and a commitment to allyship; you welcome an opportunity to partner with others as they do the same. 

• Support managers and administrative professionals while working together to create and maintain a productive and safe workplace.
• Triage incoming administrative support requests based on a thorough understanding of an individual’s and/or department’s needs.  
• Respond timely to administrative needs while establishing trust with CES community members.  
• Communicate about, plan for and coordinate meetings - being mindful of timing and the other details needed to have a successful event.
• Interact with employees in ways which make them feel heard, valued and that leaves them confident that you’ll go out of your way to help them have their administrative needs met. 

CES has an opening for an Early Educator/Playgroup Facilitator with experience in early childhood education; early literacy skill development, parent engagement and parent education to provide engaging, developmentally appropriate and literacy rich parent/child playgroups.  This work supports educational aspects of the community programming implementation of the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) grant.

Candidates will ideally hold an Associates Degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field. Bachelor’s degree preferred.  The Early Educator needs to have experience working in or with early education and care programs and/or with parents of young children as well as the knowledge of child development and literacy development birth to kindergarten. Proficient use of technology, oral and written skills and the ability to travel and provide community outreach is required. 

We are looking for someone who is good at networking, multi-tasking and working with diverse populations. We are particularly excited about candidates who are knowledgeable about social emotional learning and its associated practices and/or are bilingual (English- Spanish).